宅男宅女 is a internet slang. This group of people have a few typicalcharacteristics: be obsessed with something, cannot live without computer or internet, do not want to go to school or go to work, do not have a stable schedule, barely go out and don't like meeting new people, of course most of them are singles......Some of the 宅男宅女 are 啃老族.

I don't know how to translate it in English either, it's hard to translate one language completely into another. haha....How about " housegirl & houseboy"? :)

In China, most of the young people (except the one who works / studies in another city) live with their parents until they get married, it is normal. China is a developing country with a huge population, if all the young people who are not married live alone or live together with their friends/colleagues, it would not only increase housing problem, but economic burden.

Another thing is not all the people who live with their parents are 宅男宅女/啃老族, they go to work everyday, have many social activities, they give living expenses to their parents every month (most of the time their parents will save the money for them). This group is called 上班族（The guy who go to work every day）!

Anything more that you want to know, just tell me, I'd love to help! :)

I heard about another group: 宅女 and 宅男... people in their 20s and 30s who still live with their parents, aren't married, and really like staying at home. Whether it's watching movies, cooking, or computer games.

I have no idea how to translate it in English. We have "housewife & househusband" or "stay at home mom/stay at home dad"? A grown adult who still lives with their parents, though, is looked down upon. "The guy who lives in his mom's basement". But in China, it doesn't seem to be looked down upon so much.

Hi, Quek Sai Kee, yeah, I agree with you, but 啃老族 describes this group of people very vividly! Most of them think that they are the only child in their families, their parents' money or something must be theirs! So they wouldn't stop blaging until their parents have nothing left!